Thursday 6 November 2014

Currency swings help South Africa's Mediclinic lift H1 profit by 10 pct

Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital, where former South African president Nelson Mandela is believed to be admitted, is seen in Pretoria JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's biggest private hospital operator by value, Mediclinic International Ltd, reported a 10 percent increase in first-year profit on Thursday, helped by favourable currency swings and a solid showing at home. Mediclinic, which also operates in Switzerland and the Middle East, said diluted headline earnings per share totalled 185.3 cents in the six months ended September compared with 169 cents a year earlier. Headline EPS, the main profit measure in South Africa, strips out certain one-off items. Revenue increased 19 percent to 16.8 billion rand ($1. ...




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